2023 Rally Sweden

2023 Rally Sweden
Swedish Rally 2023
Round 2 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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Rally Sweden is the only snow event on the World Rally Championship calendar.
Host country Sweden
Rally baseUmeå, Västerbotten County
Dates run9 – 12 February 2023
Start locationUmeå, Västerbotten County
Finish locationUmeå, Västerbotten County
Stages18 (301.18 km; 187.14 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceSnow
Transport distance892.98 km (554.87 miles)
Overall distance1,194.16 km (742.02 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered52
Crews51 at start, 45 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT
2:25:54.5
Power Stage winnerFinland Esapekka Lappi
Finland Janne Ferm
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
5:42.0
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerSweden Oliver Solberg
United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson
2:33:42.6
WRC-3 winnerFinland Roope Korhonen
Finland Anssi Viinikka
2:44:25.9
J-WRC winnerRepublic of Ireland William Creighton
Republic of Ireland Liam Regan
Republic of Ireland Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy
2:45:05.5

The 2023 Rally Sweden (also known as the Swedish Rally 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 9 and 12 February 2023.[2] It marked the seventieth running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was also the first round of the 2023 Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The 2023 event was based in Umeå, Västerbotten County and was consisted of eighteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 302.52 km (187.98 mi).[1]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Lauri Joona and Mikael Korhonen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[6] Jon Armstrong and Brian Hoy were defending rally winners of the junior championship.[7]

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won the rally. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT were the manufacturer's winners.[8] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[9] Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[10] The Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy crew of William Creighton and Liam Regan won the junior championship by only 0.6 second.[11]

  1. ^ a b "Itinerary Rally Sweden 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ "FIA World Rally Championship calendar for 2023 gets green light". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Rovanperä emulates faster with Sweden victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Mikkelsen bolsters WRC2 title defence with Sweden win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Joona seals WRC3 glory in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Armstrong holds on for hard-fought junior win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Triumphant Tänak soars to Rally Sweden crown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Solberg secures WRC2 victory in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Korhonen conquers WRC3 in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Comeback king Creighton edges Pellier in junior WRC snowdown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.